RENIE SPOELSTRA (NL, 1974) uses film footage as a starting point for her charcoal drawings. The depicted natural forces appear balanced as the dead point of the swing, a moment to hold one’s breath. For Spoelstra these moments evoke a deep existential desire or longing.
Spoelstra lives and works in the Netherlands. Her work has been exhibited at Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen (Rotterdam) and Rijksmuseum Twenthe (Enschede). Her work has been included in renowned collections such as MACBA (Barcelona), Centraal Museum Utrecht, and Museum Voorlinden (Wassenaar).
Spoelstra lives and works in the Netherlands. Her work has been exhibited at Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen (Rotterdam) and Rijksmuseum Twenthe (Enschede). Her work has been included in renowned collections such as MACBA (Barcelona), Centraal Museum Utrecht, and Museum Voorlinden (Wassenaar).
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The work of Renie Spoelstra has been exhibited internationally in leading museums and institutions, and is included in both public and private collections all over the world.
Exhibitions of her work include shows at the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen (NL), the Frac Picardie Amiens (FR), De Kunsthal (NL), the Warande Turnhout (B), the Kunsthal Kade Amersfoort (NL), Museum Belvedere Heerenveen (NL) and solo shows at the Rijksmuseum Twenthe (NL) and the Drawing Center Diepenheim (NL).
Her work is represented in many collections around the world such as the MACBA Barcelona (ES), the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam (NL), the COBRA Museum (NL), the Teylers Museum (NL), the Guerlain Collection (FR), the Centre Pompidou (FR), the Superfood Collection (UK), Collection Museum Voorlinden (NL), the Axel Vervoordt collection (BE), the Bouwfonds Kunstcollectie (NL), De Nederlandsche Bank (NL) and the Louis Dreyfus Family Collection in NY (US) as well as many private collections in Europe and the USA
Exhibitions of her work include shows at the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen (NL), the Frac Picardie Amiens (FR), De Kunsthal (NL), the Warande Turnhout (B), the Kunsthal Kade Amersfoort (NL), Museum Belvedere Heerenveen (NL) and solo shows at the Rijksmuseum Twenthe (NL) and the Drawing Center Diepenheim (NL).
Her work is represented in many collections around the world such as the MACBA Barcelona (ES), the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam (NL), the COBRA Museum (NL), the Teylers Museum (NL), the Guerlain Collection (FR), the Centre Pompidou (FR), the Superfood Collection (UK), Collection Museum Voorlinden (NL), the Axel Vervoordt collection (BE), the Bouwfonds Kunstcollectie (NL), De Nederlandsche Bank (NL) and the Louis Dreyfus Family Collection in NY (US) as well as many private collections in Europe and the USA
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Renie Spoelstra (Drachten, 1974lives and works in Rotterdam
EDUCATION
1995-1997 Koninklijke Academie van de Beeldende Kunsten, Den Haag
1997-1999 Academie Minerva, Groningen
2000-2001 MFA Post-st.Joost, Breda
EXHIBITIONS
2019
“Renie Spoelstra”, solo show De Gasunie Groningen
The Gulf Between – over zwart, wit en alles daartussen” group show De Warande , Turnhout
2018
“Renie Spoelstra/Thijs Linssen”, duo show 38CC Delft
“A Balancing Act”, group show KaDe Amersfoort
“According to the Line”, group show PHK18 Rotterdam
installing the purchase of Rijkscollectie, Belastingdienst, office building“De Knoop” Utrecht
“The Line Up” group show Centraal Musum Utrecht
“100 jaar Friese Schilderkunst” group show Museum Belvedere Heerenveen
2017
“Fear in a Handful of Dust”, group show curated by Stefan Serneels, Marion de Canniere Antwerpen
Art Brussels, RON MANDOS Gallery, Brussel
“Grand View/Narrow Mind” solo show RON MANDOS Gallery Amsterdam
2016
Art Brussels, RON MANDOS Gallery Amsterdam, Brussel
Amsterdam Art Fair, RON MANDOS Gallery Amsterdam
“Ode Aan De Rotterdammer”, Museum Rotterdam, by Ernest van der Kwast , Rotterdam
“Black- from charcoal to high-res” group show Museum Kranenburgh Bergen
2015
“Frac Picardie Amiens,Impromptu I”, group show, Amiens (FR)
“The Armory Show” RONMANDOS Gallery Amsterdam, New York, (VS)
“The Amsterdam Art Fair” RONMANDOS Gallery Amsterdam
“Book Launch Underneath”,book launch of Underbeath, Armory Show, New York (VS)
“Nieuwe Gezichten op Dordrecht”, group showDordts Musem, Dordrecht
2014
“Downtown Art Fair New York” Nicholas Metivier Gallery Toronto, NY (USA)
“Art Brussels”, RON MANDOS gallery Amsterdam, Brussel (B)
“Underneath”, solo show RON MANDOS Gallery Amsterdam, Amsterdam
“Annual Benefit Contemporary Art at Witte de With”, benifit evening and auction at Witte de With Rotterdam
“Louis Dreyfus Family Collection / Genorosity of Eye”, documentary of art collection (USA)
2013
“The Armory Show”, RONMANDOS Gallery Amsterdam, New York, (VS)
“Het dode punt van de schommel”, solo Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede
“Avro Kunstuur” Dutch National TV with Hans den Hartog Jager and Renie Spoelstra
“Dark Matters”, group show, Tent. Rotterdam
“Donation Florence and Daniel Guerlain”, group show Centre Pompidou, Parijs (F)
“Uit de Hand”, publication launch with designers Vuurrood with author Ernest van der Kwast, Garage Rotterdam
travelling to Pacific Northwest, Oregon en Washington, USA
2012
“Met andere ogen/Collectie Sanders”, Teylers Museum Haarlem
“Uit de schaduw” met Raquel Maulwurf en Carlijn Mens, LUMC Leiden
“Art Rotterdam” RONMANDOS Gallery
“Renie Spoelstra en Raquel Maulwurf”, duo show, De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam
“Frames per Second”, summershow, Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto (C)
“Dolf Henkes Prijs 2012”, nomination and solo show in Tent. Rotterdam
2011
“I Promise to Love You” Caldic Collectie at Kunsthal, Rotterdam
“Renie Spoelstra” Nicholas Metivier Gallery, solo show, Toronto (C)
“The Armory Show”, RON MANDOS Gallery, New York (VS)
“All About Drawing, 100 Nederlandse kunstenaars” Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
Art Basel, The Volta Show, RON MANDOS Gallery, Bazel (Z)
Art Toronto, Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto (C)
“Pearls of the North”, group show, Palais de l’Iena, Parijs (F)
“Nabeelden”, solo, Drawing Centre Diepenheim
“The Draughtsman’s Contract”, group show, Cypres Gallery, Leuven (B)
2010
“The Armory Show” RON MANDOS Gallery, New York (VS)
“Schone Schijn”, art manifestation Noordhollands Duinreservaat Heemskerk
“Op papier gezet” group show Centraal Museum Utrecht
“Beroerd Landschap” Museum Belvedere, Heerenveen, group show with Olphaert den Otter, Raquel Maulwurf and Henri de Haas
“Palinsesti 2010/ Storyboard”, group show, San Vito al Tagliamento (IT)
2009
ARCO Madrid (RON MANDOS)
“In dit Uitzicht”, Drawing Centre Diepenheim, group show
Art Brussels (RON MANDOS)
“Remain in Nature”, LUMC, Leiden, group show
“Renie Spoelstra” Fred-London Gallery, solo show Londen, GB
“Black Lung”, solo RON MANDOS Amsterdam
2008
“Nieuwe Collectie” Museum Wuyts-Van Campen, Lier (B)
“Verloren paradijs, monumentaal tekenen” group show Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
ARCO Madrid (RONMANDOS)
“Satallite Station” Basement/W139 Amsterdam
Art Forum Berlin, (RONMANDOS) Berlijn
2007
Art Rotterdam (RONMANDOS), Rotterdam
“Soakers” groep show, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen Rotterdam
Art Brussels (RONMANDOS), Brussels
“Captured in gray”, solo, RONMANDOS Amsterdam
Art Forum Berlin (RONMANDOS), Berlin
COLLECTIONS
MACBA, Barcelona
Axel Vervoordt Belgie
Centraal Museum Utrecht
Bouwfonds
Paul van Beek Landschapsarchitecten Amsterdam
Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
Jo Koenen Architecten
Collectie Museum Voorlinden
COBRA Museum Amstelveen
Guerlain collectie
Teylers Museum Haarlem
De Nederlandsche Bank
CBK/Artotheek Rotterdam en Den Haag
Centre Pompidou, Parijs
Louis Dreyfus Family Collection NY
Superfood Art Collection USA
And numerous private collections in Europe, USA and Canada
EDUCATION
1995-1997 Koninklijke Academie van de Beeldende Kunsten, Den Haag
1997-1999 Academie Minerva, Groningen
2000-2001 MFA Post-st.Joost, Breda
EXHIBITIONS
2019
“Renie Spoelstra”, solo show De Gasunie Groningen
The Gulf Between – over zwart, wit en alles daartussen” group show De Warande , Turnhout
2018
“Renie Spoelstra/Thijs Linssen”, duo show 38CC Delft
“A Balancing Act”, group show KaDe Amersfoort
“According to the Line”, group show PHK18 Rotterdam
installing the purchase of Rijkscollectie, Belastingdienst, office building“De Knoop” Utrecht
“The Line Up” group show Centraal Musum Utrecht
“100 jaar Friese Schilderkunst” group show Museum Belvedere Heerenveen
2017
“Fear in a Handful of Dust”, group show curated by Stefan Serneels, Marion de Canniere Antwerpen
Art Brussels, RON MANDOS Gallery, Brussel
“Grand View/Narrow Mind” solo show RON MANDOS Gallery Amsterdam
2016
Art Brussels, RON MANDOS Gallery Amsterdam, Brussel
Amsterdam Art Fair, RON MANDOS Gallery Amsterdam
“Ode Aan De Rotterdammer”, Museum Rotterdam, by Ernest van der Kwast , Rotterdam
“Black- from charcoal to high-res” group show Museum Kranenburgh Bergen
2015
“Frac Picardie Amiens,Impromptu I”, group show, Amiens (FR)
“The Armory Show” RONMANDOS Gallery Amsterdam, New York, (VS)
“The Amsterdam Art Fair” RONMANDOS Gallery Amsterdam
“Book Launch Underneath”,book launch of Underbeath, Armory Show, New York (VS)
“Nieuwe Gezichten op Dordrecht”, group showDordts Musem, Dordrecht
2014
“Downtown Art Fair New York” Nicholas Metivier Gallery Toronto, NY (USA)
“Art Brussels”, RON MANDOS gallery Amsterdam, Brussel (B)
“Underneath”, solo show RON MANDOS Gallery Amsterdam, Amsterdam
“Annual Benefit Contemporary Art at Witte de With”, benifit evening and auction at Witte de With Rotterdam
“Louis Dreyfus Family Collection / Genorosity of Eye”, documentary of art collection (USA)
2013
“The Armory Show”, RONMANDOS Gallery Amsterdam, New York, (VS)
“Het dode punt van de schommel”, solo Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede
“Avro Kunstuur” Dutch National TV with Hans den Hartog Jager and Renie Spoelstra
“Dark Matters”, group show, Tent. Rotterdam
“Donation Florence and Daniel Guerlain”, group show Centre Pompidou, Parijs (F)
“Uit de Hand”, publication launch with designers Vuurrood with author Ernest van der Kwast, Garage Rotterdam
travelling to Pacific Northwest, Oregon en Washington, USA
2012
“Met andere ogen/Collectie Sanders”, Teylers Museum Haarlem
“Uit de schaduw” met Raquel Maulwurf en Carlijn Mens, LUMC Leiden
“Art Rotterdam” RONMANDOS Gallery
“Renie Spoelstra en Raquel Maulwurf”, duo show, De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam
“Frames per Second”, summershow, Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto (C)
“Dolf Henkes Prijs 2012”, nomination and solo show in Tent. Rotterdam
2011
“I Promise to Love You” Caldic Collectie at Kunsthal, Rotterdam
“Renie Spoelstra” Nicholas Metivier Gallery, solo show, Toronto (C)
“The Armory Show”, RON MANDOS Gallery, New York (VS)
“All About Drawing, 100 Nederlandse kunstenaars” Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
Art Basel, The Volta Show, RON MANDOS Gallery, Bazel (Z)
Art Toronto, Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto (C)
“Pearls of the North”, group show, Palais de l’Iena, Parijs (F)
“Nabeelden”, solo, Drawing Centre Diepenheim
“The Draughtsman’s Contract”, group show, Cypres Gallery, Leuven (B)
2010
“The Armory Show” RON MANDOS Gallery, New York (VS)
“Schone Schijn”, art manifestation Noordhollands Duinreservaat Heemskerk
“Op papier gezet” group show Centraal Museum Utrecht
“Beroerd Landschap” Museum Belvedere, Heerenveen, group show with Olphaert den Otter, Raquel Maulwurf and Henri de Haas
“Palinsesti 2010/ Storyboard”, group show, San Vito al Tagliamento (IT)
2009
ARCO Madrid (RON MANDOS)
“In dit Uitzicht”, Drawing Centre Diepenheim, group show
Art Brussels (RON MANDOS)
“Remain in Nature”, LUMC, Leiden, group show
“Renie Spoelstra” Fred-London Gallery, solo show Londen, GB
“Black Lung”, solo RON MANDOS Amsterdam
2008
“Nieuwe Collectie” Museum Wuyts-Van Campen, Lier (B)
“Verloren paradijs, monumentaal tekenen” group show Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
ARCO Madrid (RONMANDOS)
“Satallite Station” Basement/W139 Amsterdam
Art Forum Berlin, (RONMANDOS) Berlijn
2007
Art Rotterdam (RONMANDOS), Rotterdam
“Soakers” groep show, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen Rotterdam
Art Brussels (RONMANDOS), Brussels
“Captured in gray”, solo, RONMANDOS Amsterdam
Art Forum Berlin (RONMANDOS), Berlin
COLLECTIONS
MACBA, Barcelona
Axel Vervoordt Belgie
Centraal Museum Utrecht
Bouwfonds
Paul van Beek Landschapsarchitecten Amsterdam
Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
Jo Koenen Architecten
Collectie Museum Voorlinden
COBRA Museum Amstelveen
Guerlain collectie
Teylers Museum Haarlem
De Nederlandsche Bank
CBK/Artotheek Rotterdam en Den Haag
Centre Pompidou, Parijs
Louis Dreyfus Family Collection NY
Superfood Art Collection USA
And numerous private collections in Europe, USA and Canada
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